CDLB 2012/002 §2.4

~2080 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P345965

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345965.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) masz2-gal niga saga us2
1(disz) udu
3(disz) u8#
7(disz) ud5
2(disz) masz2
5(disz) sila4 ga
3(disz) masz2 ga
ba-usz2
u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
ki a-hu#-we-er-ta
szul#-gi-iri-mu
szu ba-ti
iti sze-sag11-ku5#
mu en nanna ba-hun#
2(u) 2(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLB 2012/002 §2.4. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y15 — The en-priest of Nanna was installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Special Collections, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA (P345965) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345965..

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